Inspired to Write Student's Book: Readings and Tasks to Develop Writing Book

	To the instructor
	To the student
	Authors' acknowledgements
	Map of the world
Unit 1	Becoming	1
	Family origins	4
	Brothers	4
	The brown hen	7
	Memory : my mother	13
	There was rice at every meal	16
	Between two cultures	22
	Safe	22
	I answer to "Elaine"	25
	Translating means growing up fast	29
	No comprendo	34
	Heroes	40
	Five new worlds at a time	40
	My family hero	44
	An act of courage	50
	Identity	56
	Believing in the true self	56
	Becoming a writer	59
	Homage to my hips	63
	The search for identity	65
	Smoking	69
Unit 2	New vistas and ventures	75
	Opening new doors	78
	The first day	78
	A walk to the Jetty	83
	On turning fifty	87
	The transitions of life	91
	Dating and marriage	99
	Pebbles	99
	Kids talk about dating across cultural lines	101
	Weddings	106
	Work	113
	The first job	113
	Behind the counter	116
	To be of use	121
	The model medic	124
	Exploring emotions	131
	Hope emerges as key to success in life	132
	It's O.K. to cry : tears are not just a bid for attention	137
	Going through the house	141
	Black steer canyon	146
Unit 3	A changing world	151
	Health	154
	Kids and chemicals	154
	War on disease	157
	No laughing matter	161
	Environment	167
	The mercury's rising	167
	Warming seas prompt Tuvalu evacuation	168
	Buzzard	172
	The brave little parrot	175
	Gender roles	182
	Taming macho ways	183
	Women and work : around the world, women earn less	188
	Batting chauvinism to do a man's job	190
	First lullabye	194
	Into the future	198
	Kill your television	198
	Lectures vs. laptops	202
	Letters	203
	The 20th century : what's worth saving?	206
	Entering the twenty-first century	210
	Peer feedback form	217
	Index of toolboxes	219
	Index of readings	219
	Index of authors	219
	Acknowledgements	220
	Art credits	226